Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-10

Il will fight him. was the sulcn answer.
mo living man shall call me coward. ]
am ready nowr' and he stepped forward
and lifted his ak.
wrung my hands over this absurd piece
of quixotism; but if he was determined on
fighting, OF course 1 could not stop him.
Fight not. my white brother said IgnOsi,
laying hi. hand affectiOnately on Sir Henry's
arm; ''thou hast fought enough, and j. aught
befell thee at his hands it would cutmy heart
in twain"
81 will fight, Ignosi,'' was Sir Henry's an
swer.
1T is well, Incubu: thou art brave man.
1t will be a good fight. Behold, Twala, the
elephant Is ready for thee"
The ex-king laughed sayagely, and stepped
forward and faced Curtis. For a moment
they stood thus, and the setting sun caught
their staIwart frames and clothed them both
i'm fire. They were weII-matched pair.
Then they began 10 circle round each
other. their battle axes raised. Suddenly
Sir Henry sprang forward and struck q fear
full blow at Twala, who stepped to one side
So heavy was the stroke that the striker half
overbaanced himself, circumstance of
which his antagonist took Il prompt advan-
q
heal. he brought it down with tremendous
force NJ heart jumped into my mouth; 1
thought that the affair was already finished.
But no: with quick upward movement Of
the left arm Sir Henry ntcrposeJ his shield
between !i,a:sc,f and the AK, with the result
that lis uutrr edge was shUn clean OFF. the
AK falling on his left shoulder, but not heavi-
" enough TO do any serious damage. In an
other second Sir Henry got in another blow,
which was also received by Twala upon his
shield. Then followed blow upon blow
which were i'm turn. either received upon the
shield or avoided The excitement grew in
tense; the regiment which was watching the
encounter forgot its discipline. and, drawing
near, shouted and groamed at every stroke.
just at this time, too, Good, who had been
laid upon the ground by me, recovered from
his faint, and. sitting up perceived WHAT
was going on. In an instant he was up, and,
catching hold of my arm, hOpped about from
pace to place on one leg dragging me after
him, Yelling ont announcements TO Sr
Henry.
Go it. old feIlowr' he haIlocd. That
WAS Il good one. Give it him amidships."
and SO on.
Presently Sir Henry, having caught a
fresh stroke upon his shield hit out with all
his force. The stroke struck through Iva
has shield and through the tough chain ar
mor behind 1t, gashing him i'll the shoulder.
With yell of pain and fury Twala re-
turned the stroke with interest, and, such
was his strength, shore right through the
rhinoccros' horn handle ef his antagonists
hattie-ay, strengthened as it was with bands
of steel, wouudin@ Curtis in the face.
A cry OF dismay rose from the BufllOeB
as our hcro's broad ax-hcad fell to the
ground; and TwaIa, again raising his wea-
pom, flew at him with a shout | shut my
eyes When | opened them again. it was to
see Sir Henry shield lying on the ground
and Sir Henry himself with his great arms
twined round TwaIa's middle. To and fro
they swung, hugging each other like bears
strainlng with all their mighty muscles for
dear life, and dcarcr honor. With a supreme
effort Twala swung the Engiishman Clean
Off his feet and down they came together
rolling over and over on the lime paving.
Twala striking out at Curtis's head with the
battleax and Sir Henry tn, ing to drive the
tolIa he had drawn from his belt through
Twala's anmOr.
1t was a mighty struggle and an awful
thing to see.
Get his aN!' yelled Good; and perhaps
our champion heard him
At any rate, dropping the tolia, he made
a grab at the aX, which was fastened to
Twala's wrist by Il strip OF buffalo hide. and
still rolling over and over they fought for it
like wildcats drawing their breath in heavy
gaspS Suddenly Sir Henry freed himself
the weapon remaining in his grasp. Another
second and he was up upon his feet, the red
blood streaming from the wound i'll his face
and so was Twala. Drawing the heavy
tOlla from his belt he staggered straight ut
Curtis and struck him upon the breast The
blow came home true and strong, but who
ever 1t was made that chain armor under
derstood his art, for it withstood the steel.
Again Twala struck out with savage yell,
and again the heavy knife rcbounded, and
Sir Henry went staggering back. Once
more TWala came ON. and as lie came our
great Englshman gathered himself together,
and, swinging the heavy AK round his head,
hit at him with all hrS force. There was Il
Shrek OF excitement from Il thousand
Threats, and, behold! TwaIa's head seemed
to spring from his shoulders, and then fell
and came ROLLING ana bounding along the
ground toward IgnoSi. stopping just ut his
feet. Fora ~croud the corpse stoa,I upright,
the blood spoutiug in fountains from the
severed atcilrS; then with a dull crash it
fell TO the earth, and the gold tOruue from
the meek went rolling away across the pave
ment. As il did ST. Sir Henry. overpowered
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